Obviously you don’t want to expose them to the worst/filthiest/sickest tidbits in your collection right off the bat. Show ‘em something like Iron Maiden. Black Sabbath. The Scorpions. Guns ‘n’ Roses. Metallica. Some big, “safe” band that people of your parents’ generation can (presumably?) relate to. Then you can go on from there, explaining that, hey, guess what, there are newer bands which more or less continue in that tradition, ahem ahem, cough cough, and that’s something you’ve been listening to a lot, lately.
But for the sickest of the sick, stick to headphones. No need to scare 'em off.
i could do that. and members in killswitch engage and as i lay dying are whole heartedly christian men. i could show them that and go from there i guess. i also though dont want to show them a song called ‘burn mother fucker’ (if i can remember correctly) it goes “burn mother fucker burn mother fucker burn, you try but you cant reach me, burn mother fucker burn mother fucker birn, theres nothing you can teach me, in hell mother fucker burn mother fucker BURN!”
Yeeeeeeah, maybe - but that tactic could just as easily backfire. Because, you see, it allows your parents to say that only metal by “whole heartedly christian men” is allowed… In which case you’d miss out on a LOT of excellent metal, hahaha.
Whereas if you manage to convince them that metal music is merely harmless entertainment, then the religious affiliation of the musicians doesn’t matter. It’s just entertainment anyway, you know.
No, you don’t. Unless you wanna piss them off, obviously…
everyone here seems to think that metal is what is causing all these “gangsta” wannabes, but i have a question for you, would you rather have your 13 year old IMPRESSIONABLE son be listening to this
all that remains-
“When I turn inward
And look for strength within my self
And demonstrations of courage
Are the result
If inspiration is wholly shared
Then more is the gain
Then I will follow
The selfless actions displayed”
or this
TYGA-
“I’m a motherfucking star (star)
Look at the paint on the cart (cart)
Too much rim make the ride too hard
Tell that bitch hop out, walk the boulevard
I need my money pronto
Get it in the morning like Alonzo
Rondo, Green got cheese like a nacho
If you ain’t got no ass bitch wear a poncho”
if you ask me, or any metal head, i can guarantee that they will tell you the same thing, the corruption of children these days is caused by mainstream music and rap not metal, metal is an art that sends a message to those who need it, rap is just crap, granted older rap from the 70’s and 80’s had decent content but metal has always been about sending a positive message to the listener, if you ask your son why he doesnt listen to rap or hip hop i bet you he will say he doesnt like it, i understand your concern but to be honest its more of a worry than a concern, as long as he doesnt listen to poser/sell out bands he’ll be fine, let him listen to metal as long as it doesnt go past the boundary you set for him, believe it or not there was a study done and people who listened to metal over rap/hip hop had better focus and could concentrate for longer.
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Savaging your body in terminal retch
Violent spasms and decaying enzymes
Engulf your throat as you belch
Intestinal disturbance, your ileum turns inside-out
Your duodenum is thrust up towards your mouth
Your pancreas excretes stale septic pus
Your whole digestive system is now a sticky mush
Rectal vomit in your thorax
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Liquidized oesophagus mixes with bloodied excretion
As you pathetically gasp for breath
The stench of hot faeces scorch your nose
As you violently vomit to death
Your intestines are rising, up towards your throat
Stale bile escaping through your bloodied nose
Your colon digested into acidic slush
Your tongue gargling on your dislocated anus
MetalMaster, in my case it was rockabilly and punk (what?), but my parents learned I’d started developing my own taste in music in two places: the house and the car. In the house, because when they came into my room there would be music playing; in the car, because we took turns choosing tapes.
I was very careful to never put in my tapes stuff to which my parents had objected. So, Elvis was OK (among other things because Dad didn’t understand the lyrics), but Loquillo’s RnR Star (which at one point talks as if being one always involved a fall due to drugs, it’s a cautionary tale but try explaining that to parental units) was not. Loquillo’s Cadillac solitario or Quiero un camión no problem (the line about “grab my girl’s ass” got a parental rolleyes) - heck, most of it was ok by them; thankfully the punk groups I liked were all of the “absurd lyrics” school and my parents had no objection to that (although Dad listened very carefully to any new songs before accepting that well, ok, there was nothing objectionable about… electric appliances rebelling and leading to a sort of Night Of The Living Washing Machine scenario).
You know your parents. You know that some of the songs you like would bring hell and damnation on your head. But are there others which wouldn’t? Play those where they will eventually hear them (I recommend not doing it at a volume that will shatter windows). Don’t make a big production out of it, or it will become an even bigger one.
Wrong again. I’m a metalhead, and I do not blame “the corruption of children these days” (whatever that is) on “mainstream music and rap.”
What? No. Metal doesn’t have any unified “message.” Different bands deal with different content matter. There’s a great deal of difference between the “message” of Yngwie Malmsteen (“I can play really quick!”) and the “message” of Aryan Terrorism (“let’s eradicate the Jews!”).
What study?
Also, who cares if metal helps you focus and concentrate? It’s entertainment, not modafinil.
This is especially true between genres. Like, certain genres are likely to have certain messages. Power metal is usually some form of fantasy storytelling; thrash metal very often has a strong anti-establishment vibe with social critique; death metal is likely to be rather brutal and gory… Hell, sometimes, subgenres are straight-up defined by their lyrical content. Some would argue that a black metal band that changed their lyrics to bible verses but kept everything else about their music the same would no longer be black metal, but I digress.
Seriously though, most of what hits the mainstream is fairly innocuous in terms of lyrical content, or so distorted that nobody has a damned clue what they’re saying anyways.
I started listening to heavy metal when I was 12, Metallica, Motor head, you know, the “hard stuff”. Pretty soon it was all I would do. I skipped school and quit the yearbook too. I’d just stay in my room and listen to heavy metal all day. Every new album from every band that came out, I just had to have it!!! Pretty soon I was out of the house, down on the street corner. Offering blow jobs to passing strangers for 20 dollars. If only my parents had forbid me to listen to that damn music! It’s all their fault!!!
This stuff is garbage, and I would not let him listen to it. I never liked that crap, and refuse to have any part of it. He needs to be exposed to good music, where the songs are not about death, suffering, etc. Give him some Wagner to listen to. Ride of the Valkyries is so good!
LOL. I don’t think you have any idea how teenage boys work.
If I tried to expose my kids (at that age) to Ride of the Valkyries they would look at me like I had lost my fucking mind. And rightly so.
Haha…damn straight. The entire POINT of teens listening to nasty music is to piss off their parents!
And to Melchior, as for “not let him listen” to music you hate…just how do you plan to achieve that? Will you hire a nanny to escort him 24/7, or follow him around by yourself, helicopter-parent style? Dream on, pal – and be thankful he’s not rebelling in non-innocuous ways, like drugs or sex or extreme body piercing.
Are you kidding me?! Everyone knows that Ride of the Valkyries leads to paganism, and eventually sadism and animal brutality. Don’t be surprised that after a few listenings you end up with a yard full of dead rabbits.
